ACCOUNT DIRECTOR | Consumer, lifestyle, homes & retail Agency

CF0742  | £50 – 57k

An exciting new Account Director role with this small, boutique, fully independent agency. You will join their busy team working on some big-name brands in the lifestyle, homes / interiors and retail sector.  Whilst it is predominantly a PR role, there is also influencer management involved as well as campaign work and event production.

Great culture, dog friendly office with hybrid working and lots of benefits including flexi working, summer office hours, new business commissions, lots of socials, travel loan, regular training and mentoring and a great opportunity to accelerate and broaden your PR career.

The Role:

• Client management, results generation, digital social exposure
• Developing and implementing creative campaigns
• Working across a range of aspirational homes and interiors clients
• Team management and support up and down
• Company marketing and industry networking, together with other members of the senior team
• New business: lead generation, approaching prospects, developing creds material and case studies, pitching

 Candidate specifications:

• A relevant background in Consumer lifestyle, retail, possibly homes, design, interiors and preferably big high street brand retail experience
• Good client handling skills: ability to forge and develop strong client relationships at all levels
• The ability to think strategically and creatively;
• Excellent relevant media and digital, social influencer contacts
• High energy, great communication and inter-personal skills, and able to deliver great results
• Commercial energy and skills: profitability, business planning, time management
• Good management and motivational skills: delegation, motivation and mentoring
• Campaign skills: strong strategic thinker and campaign developer, intuitive ability to spot trends, social media and digital development, feature placement, ideas generation
• Written skills: exceptional writing skills for proposals, social media, pitches, media relations
• Strong presentation skills for client reviews, new business pitches and networking

To apply for this role, send your cv to cvs@carterferris.co.uk quoting CF0742 or call 020 3397 7543 / 07929 008295